Switch mounting bracket



Oct. 10, 1933. R POPP SWITCH MOUNTING BRACKET Filed Nov. 2, 1931 seat against which the nipple llwill secure'ly'seat.v y In order to attach or apply the switch to the lyoke I preferably pass the neck ofthe switch through the base of the'yoke and use the ordi-` Patented Oct. y 1 0, 41933 i V SWITCH MOUNTING BRACKET Rudolf Popp,

Valparaiso, Ind.;Y assignorto Mcc Gill Manufacturing Company, 'a 4corporation of Indiana Valparaiso, Ind.,

Application Nvem'ber 2, 1931. serial No. 572,589

2 Claims.

My invention relates to switchmounting brackets and has to do more of this character adapted for applying or mounting a switch to a ceiling outletbox and for fastening or securing the usual canopy or panel thereto;

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a support or mounting bracket of thefabove character, which is simple of construction, cheap k to manufacture, and readily applied.

For a better understanding, reference is tobe had to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is aside elevationypartly in section, showing the device applied to aY Vceiling outlet box;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the bracket removed from the xture; and .Y A

Fig. 3 is a right side elevation of the device.

Referring now morein lparticular to the preferred Vform of the ldevice `as illustrated, it' is `shown as applied toawell known form of ,universallever switch 1, having universal lever 2 and depending chain` 3 forV4 actuating lthe .lever `from its normal to its v `dicated in Fig. 1.` The switch is carried by a U-shaped yoke or bracket rhaving an 'upper leg 6, :which is preferablyy formed at as to permit the application of canopies with small necks.

The yoke or bracket has an` upper attaching nipple 8 adapted to thread into a brackf' et as 9, such as is ordinarily supplied in a wall or ceiling outlet box 10. .v

A canopy or panel attaching nipple 11 is threaded, into the lowerleg 5fofthe bracket and extends downwardly so as topass through the panel orcanopy 12, which is then fastened inplaceby a nut 13 which threads onto the nipple 11.

` In order to securelyfasten the nipples as i and 11 to the bracket or yoke'member, it has hereA .tofore been 'the practice to provide a shouldered Y hub Yor boss upon the legs of the yoke so that the nipples will thread into ,thefboss and seat upon its shouldered bottom.1 This has been Va com' paratively expensive construction and I have sim-` plifed and cheapened this by forming 'a boss 14 upon each of the legs of the yoke, pressing it out of the metal ofthe leg as Vindicated inFig. 3.

The inside or last thread is then upset bysev-l Yerall small indentations as 15, thus mutilating' thev` innermost thread andforming an effective nary` threaded nut 16 to fastenA the switchy in place. Thus the switch body extendsoutwardly from the base ofthe yoke and-thel operating lever 2 `is so positioned that its end is substan-4 tially in alignment with theY axis of the nipple 11.

Thus the depending chain passes freely down particularly with devices f I Y rcomes within dotted line position as in-"` throughV the nipple 1l and may be readily operaA ated to actuate the lever asJindicated -by the dotted line position'thereof inFig. 1.`

In order'to apply canopies orfpanels of various `shapes and designs as 4are ordinarily employed,the lower nipple 11 is ordinarily made long enough to take any average panel. -In

lshallow panels Vthis nipple 11 will then extend too far outsidethe face of the panel,=so .it is cut oiT by the installer to the `proper length so that V4when the nut 13 is applied to fasten the panel 12 in place,'thenipple 11 will be flush with the outer face of the nut 13, thereby presenting av nished appearance. n l l Y 'Although I have shown a particular and well f known switch `as being used with my improved arrangement, `so, far as certain features of my invention are concerned other types of switches mightbe employed. `Therefore I dofnot desireto be limited to the exact structureillustrated and described but aimto cover all that which v the spirit and scope of the appended claims.` A 1 What I claim as new and desire to protect by A`Letters. Patent of the United States is:- 4 and lower leg 5 connected by the base portion an angle '7 ,so

andlthelike, including a single-piece U-shaped yoke,rmeans for securing oneleg of the yoke extending from the Aother leg, a universal lever switch, means for securing the switch to the base of the yokeby the neck of the switch with the end ofthe switch lever Asubstantially opposite the center of the nipple to permit a Adepend-v ing pull chain to extend through the nipple f1-om* the end of the lever. v 2. A devicefor supporting `lighting fixtures and the like, including a single-piece Ufshaped yoke having an upper and a lower leg, an'aperture in each of said legs and adjacent theend., thereof, an internally threaded boss .surround-V ing said aperture, a plurality of indentations on` rthe inside of said threaded portions, a nipple -in n each threaded 'portion seated. against said in dentations, one of said nipples Aadapted for securing ,theyoke to an outlet bracket, and the otherv said nipple for `securing a Vcanopy to the yoke, and a universal lever switch secured to` the yoke and positioned to have theend of itslever substantially in alignment with the axisof the last said nipple to permit a pull therethrough from the end ofthe lever.

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